GRE Word List
RIDDLE
a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum
The meaning of the word riddle is a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| spartan | a native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta |
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |